Bobby L. Hickman is a longtime business and financial journalist who brings decades of experience in insurance and financial services to his editor role at Investopedia. He has worked with insurance ...

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When starting a business, there are many different things you have to prepare. From employing workers to stocking up inventory, a lot goes into building a business. The process of getting it all ...

A commercial umbrella insurance policy can give your business more coverage for less money. Learn if you need umbrella insurance and how to shop for it.

Steve Strauss: Back in my lawyer days, I represented insurance companies for a while. And of course, I have bought plenty of policies over the years for my own small business. But to answer your ...

Most forms of insurance fall into one of two categories: claims-made or occurrence-based. This distinction is crucial when you are acquiring a new company and deciding how best to merge the target’s ...

Understanding coverage exclusions in a subcontractor’s commercial general liability insurance policy can be a daunting task. What the insuring language of the policy appears to provide, may be taken ...